This is an episode about a case, a couple of cases, that no longer carry the force of

constitutional law.

This episode was made when the essential holding of Roe v. Wade still stood.

This is no longer the case.

It's a rare occurrence for the Supreme Court to overturn a decision outright, especially

a landmark decision.

But that is indeed what happened on Friday, June 24, shortly after 10am.

In a six-three vote to uphold a Mississippi abortion ban in the case of dobs v. Jackson

Women's Health Organization, at a five-four vote to overrule Roe v. Wade and its entirety,

the Supreme Court has eliminated a federal right to abortion.

In the majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito calls Roe egregiously wrong from the start.

The opinion holds that Roe and Casey must be overruled.

Casey, by the way, refers to Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a case determined in 1992

which could have overruled Roe v. Wade, but did not.

The reasoning at the time being that Roe was practicable, the provisions of Roe depended

upon by people in the United States, and that landmark precedent was important to preserve.

Thirty years later, a majority of the court determined that Roe and Casey must go, period.

When we first released this episode in 2021, one of our guests, Renee Kramer, said something

that I didn't include in the episode because it was a prediction, not yet a fact.

Hey, Renee, you were right.

And I've been predicting that Roe will fall for the last three years.

I mean, on live television, I have said Roe will fall.

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